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the court or branch having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. This court in this state is known as the district court.
Minnesota · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Minn. Stat. §524.1-201(9)
To the full extent permitted by the Constitution, the court has jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to estates of decedents
Minnesota · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Minn. Stat. §524.1-302(a)
The acts and orders which this chapter specifies as performable by the registrar shall be performed by a judge of the court or by a person, including the court administrator, designated by the court by a written order filed and recorded in the office of the court.
issue letters in informal proceedings
The probate registrar shall not render advice calling for the exercise of such professional judgment as constitutes the practice of law.
Minnesota · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Minn. Stat. §524.1-307
No informal probate or appointment proceeding or formal testacy or appointment proceeding
may be commenced more than three years after the decedent's death
Minnesota · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Minn. Stat. §524.3-108
notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four months after the date of the court administrator's notice which is subsequently published or be forever barred
The personal representative shall, within three months after the date of the first publication of the notice, serve a copy of the notice upon each then known and identified creditor
Minnesota · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Minn. Stat. §524.3-801(a), (b)
After the death of a testator and on request of an interested person, a person having custody of a will of the testator shall deliver it with reasonable promptness to an appropriate court.
A person who willfully fails to deliver a will is liable to any person aggrieved for any damages that may be sustained by the failure.
Minnesota · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Minn. Stat. §524.2-516
A will may be deposited by the testator or the testator's agent with any court for safekeeping, under rules of the court. The will must be sealed and kept confidential.
Upon being informed of the testator's death, the court may deliver the will to the appropriate court.
Minnesota · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Minn. Stat. §524.2-515
A couple. A parent. An adult child and a parent, doing it together. One sitting starts it; keep it current, and tell someone where it is.
